Quotes from Xzibit

Busta Rhymes is my brother from another mother.

Once you realize security can't even secure themselves, how the hell they gonna secure you?

The same kids listening to Papa Roach will listen to an Xzibit CD.

I've definitely grown a lot as an individual, as a man, and as a father, and that perspective needs to be shared and put out there.

Whatever was banging, I would listen to it.

I wish other people could be happy in what they do. The world would be a better place.

Look at the Prius. It's a nerd car. Yeah, you're being environmentally friendly, but your dating life is gonna suck.

Jail sucks all the way around.

Instead of trying to police the entertainment industry we should strongly suggest that parents take a stronger role in what their kids get into.

These people dissing Dr. Dre, they need to get off their cell phones for about a week and come back to reality. They have no idea. Do what he did and then talk to me.

Once you mature you start wanting different things out of life and wanting different things for yourself.

It seems like once you get on any kind of mass media's bad side, you are like free-range chicken. It's like open season on you.

I have always been aware of my surroundings.

My first car I bought for $400 and it was a Subaru and it was shaped like a door wedge and it was confiscated by the police.

I don't have to, like, try to come out with pop music because I feel that that's gonna make me sell a lot more. I mean, I make the music I love to make and that's it.

I feel like the first album contained a lot of personal songs, like 'The Foundation' or 'Carry the Weight.'

I want to support myself legally, and take advantage of the opportunities and organize and benefit from those choices.

The landscape of the music business has changed and I definitely have to take advantage of that.

I've never been to prison. I've been to jail but never prison. I don't like being in holding tanks. I don't like being in shackles. I'm a smarter guy than that. I can figure something out to do better with my time.

My fans deserve all the attention I can give them, but my son deserves his father.

The car culture is part of living in Detroit.

Iraq is just like New York. It's just like Detroit. It's where people live and raise their families.

I'm one of those cats who could listen to Public Enemy and then pop that out and throw an NWA tape in there.

I don't even know what 'keep it real' means. I mean, where you live doesn't make you real, you know what I'm saying? I take care of my family, my friends and I live in a nice house and whatnot but you never forget where you came from.